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memorialists is

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question but one (about this annually recuse clove this is the recurring

I believe although first occasion which the Chinese have addressed the Government on the subject : What they apparently want is that Dollars (known as Toochow Dollars) which are defaced and broken by the systure of chechting which prevails in the South of China and depreciated in value by the admixture and adh. of a variety of foreign matter, shall be looked upon as of equal value with Dollars of similar weight not adulterated and depreciated. The Dollar current in this Colony is the Dollar of Mexico and it is freely & moderately chopped it is pretty taken in business, but naturally of chopped course in the when coins are to such an extent as to destroy their identity, they then take their position in the market as Bullion.

It is a difficult question to say what is and what is not a Hong Kong current Dollar and it is just dependent on the Bank Compradores for a definition and they are frequently not of one opinion. It would be to the advantage of the Commercial community if this were rectified by law but I fear it would be a matter of great difficulty to find a remedy as long as chopping is a current practice.

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572 memorialists is ... question but one (about this annually recuse clove this is the recurring I believe although first occasion which the Chinese have addressed the Government on the subject : What they apparently want is that Dollars (known as Toochow Dollars) which are defaced and broken by the systure of chechting which prevails in the South of China and depreciated in value by the admixture and adh. of a variety of foreign matter, shall be looked upon as of equal value with Dollars of similar weight not adulterated and depreciated. The Dollar current in this Colony is the Dollar of Mexico and it is freely & moderately chopped it is pretty taken in business, but naturally of chopped course in the when coins are to such an extent as to destroy their identity, they then take their position in the market as Bullion. It is a difficult question to say what is and what is not a Hong Kong current Dollar and it is just dependent on the Bank Compradores for a definition and they are frequently not of one opinion. It would be to the advantage of the Commercial community if this were rectified by law but I fear it would be a matter of great difficulty to find a remedy as long as chopping is a current practice.
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572

memorialists is

ww

season)

rio

меня

question but

one (about this

anually recuse clove this is the

recurring

I believe although first occasion

which the Chinese

have addressed the Government ou the subjent : What they apparnally

want is that Dollars (known Toochow Dollars) which are defaced and broken by the systure of chechting which prevails

in the South of China and depreciated no to value by the admixture and adh. of a variety of foreign matter, shall be looked spore as of equal value with Dollars of similar wright notadeford and depreciated. The Dollar current in this

the Dollar of Moxies and

Colony

is

freely Y moderately chopped it is pruty taken

business, but naturally of

chopped

Course

in the when coins are

to such

Au

extent as to shatroy their identity, they

then take their position in the market as Bullion. It is

is

we are

difficult quetion to eay what. and what is not a Hong Hong current Dollar and in just un dependent on the Bank Compradores for a definition and they are frequently not of one opinion. It would to to the Commercial community, it this

wvere

community

rectified by law but I fear it would be a matter of great difficuntly.

to find a remedy as long as aurreway is a chops &

currenty.

the

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